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  • Prep
    10 min
  • Total
    25 min
  • Serving
    4 - 6

Chicken Pasta with Creamy Cilantro Lime Sauce

Ingredients

  • 400 g (12 oz.) spaghetti
  • 30 ml (2 tbsp.) Dairyland butter
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • ½ red onion, minced  
  • Juice from 3 limes
  • 15 ml (1 tbsp.) flour
  • 473 ml (2 cups) Dairyland 10% organic cream
  • 125 ml (1/2 cup) Dairyland 2% organic milk
  • 2 chicken breasts, grilled and roughly shredded
  • 125 ml (1/2 cup) fresh cilantro, chopped
  • 1 lime, thinly sliced

Directions

  1. Cook the spaghetti according to package instructions.  
  2. Meanwhile, in a pan set over medium-low heat, sweat out the garlic and onion in butter for 3-4 minutes (do not let them brown).
  3. Add the lime juice and reduce by half. Add the flour and stir. Add the cream and cook for 5 minutes. Add the milk, stir, and turn off the heat.
  4. Once the pasta is cooked, add 80 ml of the cooking water to the sauce, increase the heat to medium-high and add the pasta and chicken. Stir for 3 minutes. Add the fresh cilantro and lime slices, stir, and serve.

Products in this recipe

2percent Milk

2% Organic Milk

Carton: 946 ML, 1.89L
Jug: 4L

Organic Cream 10

Organic Cream 10%

Carton: 473 mL, 946 mL